Hatch is used to create new turtles by an existing turtle. It takes the form of hatch number-of-new-turtles [ optional-commands ] The new turtles inherit all the same characteristics as the parent turtle (for example size, color, location, etc.). After being created, the new turtles will run the commands independently. (Note: because adding commands are optional, they are used if you want to change a variable from the parent or have the new turtle do something specific.) Hatch is a primitive that can only be used by turtles, that is, within an ask turtles [ … ]; only turtles can hatch turtles. To create turtles from patches, see sprout.